Does anyone know the hours of a regular policeman and how many days a week they work?

Question

i would appreciate it if i could get answers because i am doing a school project.



Thanks

Answer 1

There are different "Shifts" they can work.

Why don't you call your local police station and ask them? There are numbers that you can call (not 911) and get a hold of someone in the office. I'm sure that they'd be pleased to see someone interested in their profession and you'd probably get to interview one or two officers. That would be good material, especially if you are doing it for school. Your teacher would probably be pleased. It shows initiative and that you were willing to go above and beyond to get your project done and actually learn something from it.

Answer 2

Officers almost always average 40 hours per week, 160 hours a month, since Federal labor law requires payment of overtime when that's exceeded. The actual hours of working are usually divided somewhere between day shift, afternoon shift, and night shift. Departments handle scheduling very differently. Some assign you to a permanent shift for years. Some allow officers to ask for a shift based on seniority. Some departments rotate shifts, making you work, say, a month at a time on each one, and then click over to the next one. Days of the week and holidays usually don't determine what days you work, since most police departments are staffed 24 hrs per day, 365 days per year, or close to that. Most departments have a limit on how many consecutive days an officer can work, because too much work without some down time is bad for the officer and their performance and attitude.

Answer 3

Sometimes 4 10hour days, sometimes 5 8hour days. I've seen my husband work 8 - 10 consecutive days, though. Sometimes the hours are same every day on duty, and sometimes they aren't. Example, 2 nights 3 pm to 1 am and to days 7 am to 5 pm in one week. My husband's shift rotated every 4 weeks. He'd be on midnights 4 weeks (say, 11 pm to 7 am), then evenings for 4 weeks (3 pm to 1 am) with one month of the day shift in the summer. You never really know when they will get called in early or work late. My husband was a police officer in a small town, so he usually made it home at the end of his shift. However, my best buddy is a state trooper, and you never know when he's going to make it home and they only rotate shifts like every 6 months.

Answer 4

As a detective I work 8-5 five days a week. This does not include the hours spent on cases where I'm called out.

As mentioned by others, some agencies work 12 hr shifts thus working fewer days with more time off on their "weekends."

Manning in the department often dictates the type of shifts used.

Answer 5

In Chicago, I worked 6 days, then 2 days off. Every 5th, and 6th week, I would have three days off. A regular day 12 1/2 hours. The half hour was for lunch, which we didn't get paid for. I worked midnights for about 10 years, so my work day would be longer because of court.

Answer 6

Well it depends. 40 hrs a week for their regular job. Most officers work off duty as well at extra jobs up to 80 hours a week. My dept only allows you to work 16 hours in a day so if you worked 16 hours every day do the math how much you could possibly work.

Answer 7

Schedules will vary from department to department.
Here in Ontario the most popular schedule is 4 on 4 off.
That's four 12 hour dayshifts, 4 days off, 4 12 nightshifts, 4days off....etc.

We work a 5 week rotation of days, afternoons and nights.
days and afternoons are ten hour shifts, nights 8hrs.

Here is a sample:

thurs-frid-sat-sun Afternoon shift
mon-tues Off
wed-thur-frid Dayshift
sat-sun Off
Mon-tues-wed Afternoon
thur-frid -Off
sat-sun-mon-tues Dayshift
wed-thur Off
Frid-sat-sun-mon-tue-wedn-thur Nights
Fri-sat-sun-mon-tues-wed Off

And then the cycle repeats itself.

Some weeks we work more than 40 hrs, some less, but it works out to be about 40 hrs a week average.

Answer 8

It depends on the size of the department and the number of officers. Typically a police department will have 3 eight hour shifts. However a smaller department may have 2 twelve hour shifts. (our pd does).

Days off depend on a myriad of factors, such as those I mentioned earlier, plus seniority. Police officers will get 2 days of a week, but which days will depend on a number of factors.

Answer 9

The hours worked each day vary by department. Some work 5- 8hr shifts, some work 4- 10 hour shifts, others work rotating shifts. However, many days do not end when they should , due to paperwork, processing, etc.

Answer 10

Most work 40 hours sometimes more with overtime